The Wildcats used their explosive offense to swing their way past Creighton Tuesday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats registered 16 hits in a 12-1 win against the Bluejays.
With the win, the Wildcats improved to 6-2 on the season.
Junior pitcher A.J. Morris (3-0) matched his career high, going six complete innings and striking out eight. The eight strikeouts also matched a career high for the Humble Texas product.
"It [has been] a great approach for the first eight games," head coach Brad Hill said. "A.J. [Morris] has been outstanding. He gave us a great effort on the mound today."
Morris has now gone three consecutive starts without surrendering an earned run.
The Wildcats jumped on the Bluejays early, scoring one run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead heading into the fourth inning.
"He [Morris] has just really matured for us," Hill said. "I think it is something he has been ready for and wanted and he is a great leader."
In the fourth inning, the Wildcats would take advantage of a dropped fly ball by Creighton short stop Elliot Soto. Following the error and back-to-back doubles by Nick Martini and Rob Vaughn, right fielder Jordan Cruz hit a two-run home run to left field.
The Wildcats would explode again in the sixth inning. After back-to-back singles and a sacrifice bunt by center fielder Dane Yelovich, second baseman Adam Muenster doubled to right field to bring in two Wildcat runs stretching the lead to 9-0.
"I thought our hitters did a nice job," Hill said. "[They didn't] try and swing too big or swing too hard. We hit a lot of balls the other way; I thought we had a really good approach hitting-wise."
The Wildcats would fail to score the remainder of the game; however, the 12 runs scored would prove to be plenty of cushion for K-State.
The Wildcats did give up one run in the top of the eighth as Bluejay second baseman Vicente Cafaro hit a sacrafice fly ball to left field to score Scott Thornburg who doubled down the left field line earlier.
"We are really playing the game right now," Hill said. "We haven't really recognized who we are playing, and that is not disrespect for other teams, but we are more concerned with ourselves and how we are going to approach and play and what our style is going to be. When you do that, good things are going to happen."
The Wildcats will return to Tointon Family Stadium this weekend to play in a four-game series against Niagara. The series will begin Friday with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.
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